The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-16
enturday, July lo, l9e7.

Miss Rena Choalc Is suffering from
an attack of quinsy.
Miss Lu Whitcraft is spending few
days in Philadelphia.
Miss Annie Watson is visiting
friends in Wilmington.
In some sections here the dry roi
has attacked the growing grapes.
Mr.. Harry Il. Pritchard is spending q
few days with his mother of this town.
Miss Fannie i. Lyle is visiting her
sister Mrs. Edgar Jamison at st. Georges,
Del.
Mr. John =. lIannum of Camden, N.
j., was the guest of A. II. Raub this
week.
General Whiteley and daughter of
Baltimore, Md, are visiting Mrs l.. Il.
Ilamill.
Is it possible that Newark cannot
afford to have a base ball club? Well it
seems so.
Mrs. Woolston of Texas, is visiting
her sister Mrs John X. Williamson of
this town.
There has been some threshing of
about town and the yield was nothing
to brag on.
-Robt. Barr, and wife and children of
Wilmington are visiting Miss Mary
Motherall here.
The pink eye, or similar disease
has made its appearance among the
horses of this town.
Fishing parties of young ladies have
been quite numerous this week along
the White Clay creek.
Mr.. Amos II. Streets, an old resident
of this town, but now of Wilmington,
was in town on Thursday.
{ Miss Jennie o. Maxwell, of Cowan-
town is visiting her aunt Mrs. F.A. Wat
son, on Delaware avenue.
- CHARLES Blandy and his brother
Gray of New York, were in town this
week, visiting their parents.
-IIuckleberries and blackberries will
soon be ready to pick and then the fes-
tive jigger gets in his work.
\ We heard that one man here sold
tomatoes at ten cents a single box and
two boxes for twenty-five cents.
Walter McNcille of Bridgeport,
Conn, has been spending Il few days
with the Misses Morrison, near town.
Mrs. Levinia Wilson's sale of house.
hold goods takes place on Tuesday, July
goth, at o'clock, see notice elsewhere. |
The third social picnic will be givdn
in the grove at Chesterville, Pa, by tile
Chestervile Cornet Band this evening.
flames A. Wilson is having the ready
fling room of his hotel repapered, which
Vgreatly improves the appearance of that
eoom.
Mr.. Amos Osmond, the conductor
who met with an accident on the Pome-
roy Railroad last month, is slowly inn
proving.
\ The en-quad base ball club of this
town will visit Elkton to-day and there
cross bats with the typos. Success to
our boys.
Miss Myra IIurd of Boston, Miss Al
lie Bootes, Wilmington, and Mrs. Emma
Osborne, Philadelphia visited our town
last week.
n Considerable sport was furnished
our Young men on Monday by two UNI
brella members INDUCING too freely in
the red-eye.
Colonel McNair of Wilmington
Morning Ne,rs interviewed several of our
townspeople about the College affair on
Monday evening.
1.-The umbrellastomend man was here
this week and put into shape many de-
lapidated umbrella. These men are ver-
table blessings.
\ Miss Annie Draper of Wilmington
depending her summer vacation in this
town with her mother and grandmother
at the West End
Sheriff Lambson's visits to this town
are becoming quite frequent of late. His
motto generally is; "Seized and taken
into execution" etc.
Several musicians paraded the town
on Friday evening of last week. They
went through the great collection act
after through playing.
Professor +. d. Chester and wife
started Monday afternoon, on trip to
Nehoboth Cape May, and other points,
to.be gone several weeks.
=. J. Pearce of Wilmington, was
thrown out ola wagon by runaway
horse and had one leg broken. Two
other gentlemen were hurt.
REV. John +. Williamson of this
town will preach at tho Barksdale Sun
\ day school tomorrow afternoon at 23O
@'clock. All are cordially invited.
Therc are several visitors here We
failed TO learn their names. We will
consider it an act of kindness if those
who have visitors TO give us their names.
n The Blue Ribbon army of this town,
accompanied by their friends, spent a
very pleasant day on Thursday, rambling
in $. NJ. Donnell's grove, on New London
avenue.
4 All the improvements necessary has
! boen placed at the West End OfDelaWare
avenue. A tile has been placed so as to
carry the water off. Verify it is hand
anIna aIrnnE